diff --git a/compiler/docgen.nim b/compiler/docgen.nim
index 34baacfb9a..2c7e52c67e 100644
--- a/compiler/docgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/docgen.nim
@@ -344,9 +344,9 @@ proc nodeToHighlightedHtml(d: PDoc; n: PNode; result: var Rope; renderFlags: TRe
       if procTokenPos == tokenPos-2 and procLink != nil:
         dispA(d.conf, result, "<a href=\"#$2\"><span class=\"Identifier\">$1</span></a>",
               "\\spanIdentifier{$1}", [rope(esc(d.target, literal)), procLink])
-      elif s != nil and s.kind == skType and sfExported in s.flags and
-          s.owner != nil and belongsToPackage(d.conf, s.owner) and
-          d.target == outHtml:
+      elif s != nil and s.kind in {skType, skVar, skLet, skConst} and
+           sfExported in s.flags and s.owner != nil and
+           belongsToPackage(d.conf, s.owner) and d.target == outHtml:
         let external = externalDep(d, s.owner)
         result.addf "<a href=\"$1#$2\"><span class=\"Identifier\">$3</span></a>",
           [rope changeFileExt(external, "html"), rope literal,
diff --git a/nimdoc/testproject/expected/testproject.html b/nimdoc/testproject/expected/testproject.html
index afe6ffa6bd..c562e731e5 100644
--- a/nimdoc/testproject/expected/testproject.html
+++ b/nimdoc/testproject/expected/testproject.html
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ The enum B.
 <h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#8">Vars</a></h1>
 <dl class="item">
 <a id="aVariable"></a>
-<dt><pre><span class="Identifier">aVariable</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">array</span><span class="Other">[</span><span class="DecNumber">1</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">int</span><span class="Other">]</span></pre></dt>
+<dt><pre><a href="testproject.html#aVariable"><span class="Identifier">aVariable</span></a><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Identifier">array</span><span class="Other">[</span><span class="DecNumber">1</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">int</span><span class="Other">]</span></pre></dt>
 <dd>